| Voiced retroflex nasal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɳ | |||
| IPA number | 117 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | ɳ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0273 | ||
| X-SAMPA | n` | ||
| Braille | |||
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Avoiced retroflex nasal is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɳ⟩.
Like all theretroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of ⟨n⟩, the letter used for the correspondingalveolar consonant. It is similar to ⟨ɲ⟩, the letter for thepalatal nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the left stem, and to ⟨ŋ⟩, the letter for thevelar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.
Features of a voiced retroflex nasal:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali[1] | Rare; occurs in the extreme western dialects | ||||
| Enindhilyagwa | yingarna | [jiŋaɳa] | 'snake' | ||
| Faroese | ørn | [œɻɳ] | 'eagle' | ||
| Hindi | ठण्डा/ṭhaṇḍā | [ʈʰəɳɖaː] | 'cold' | ||
| Kannada | ಅಣೆ/aṇe | [ɐɳe] | 'dam' | ||
| Khanty | Eastern dialects | eṇə | [eɳə] | 'large' | |
| Somenorthern dialects | |||||
| Malayalam[2] | അണ/aṇa | [ɐɳɐ] | 'jaw' | ||
| Marathi | बाण/bāṇa | [baːɳ] | 'arrow' | Often realized as a flap in intervocalic and word-final positions. SeeMarathi phonology | |
| Nepali | अण्डा/aṇḍā | [ʌɳɖä] | 'egg' | SeeNepali phonology | |
| Norwegian | garn | [ɡɑːɳ]ⓘ | 'yarn' | SeeNorwegian phonology | |
| Odia | ବଣି/baṇi | [bɔɳi] | 'old' | ||
| Pashto | اتڼ/Ataṇ | [at̪aɳ]ⓘ | 'Attan' | ||
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਪੁਰਾਣਾ/purāṇā | [pʊraːɳaː] | 'old' | |
| Shahmukhi | پُراݨا/purāṇā | ||||
| Scottish Gaelic | Lewis[3] | iutharn | [ˈjʊhʊɳ] | 'hell' | Dialectal realisation of/rˠn̪ˠ/. |
| Swedish | Central Standard[4] | garn | [ɡɑːɳ]ⓘ | 'yarn' | SeeSwedish phonology |
| Tamil[5] | ஆண்/āṇ | [aːɳ]ⓘ | 'male' | SeeTamil phonology | |
| Telugu | గొణుగు/goṇugu | [goɳugu] | 'murmur' | Occurs asallophone ofanuswara when followed byVoiced retroflex plosives. | |
| Vietnamese[6] | anh trả | [aɳ˧ʈa˨˩˦] | 'you pay' | Allophone of/n/ before/ʈ/ in Saigon dialect. SeeVietnamese phonology | |